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Using Twitter As A Language Learning Tool -- handout

Terrie Byrne
Terrie Byrne

Instead of a PowerPoint file, I developed a website to present my information and lesson examples for my March 26, 2010, presentation on Using Twitter as a Language Learning Tool. The website is at http://tinyurl.com/yb8jpah on my EduTwitter Blog. This pdf document is an outline of my presentation and includes links to the blog and example Twitter pages.

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Using Twitter as a Language Learning Tool Terrie Byrne, Senior Program Coordinator Tutorium in Intensive English University of Illinois at Chicago tbyrn2@uic.edu, http://twitter.com/tbyrne Why use Twitter in the ESL classroom? Twitter is a micro-blog (140 character entry limit) with extensive social networking features and a culture of resource sharing and attributed resource recycling ("retweeting"). It gives students free access to authentic language input and a worldwide audience for practice in their target language. Twitter 101 When someone logs onto their Twitter account, they see their own posts and posts of anyone they follow (listed under the "following" link). A visitor to a Twitter site only sees the site owner's posts. A Twitter user's posts will only be sent to users who have chosen to follow them (listed under "followers). In Twitter posts, RT indicates that the content originated from another Twitter user, @ indicates a Twitter user name and usually accompanies a reply to that user, and # (called a hashtag) precedes a topic or search term meant to help readers find posts related to the same topic or group (for example the hashtag #TESOL2010 being used for this convention). Ways students can use Twitter for Project-based/Task-based language learning Use the "reply" function to start or join conversations Search for resources and trends Find and follow subject matter experts Become a subject matter expert, and attract followers Broadcast information, reports and resources to classmates on Twitter Coordinate with team members on project specifics Uses for students in Reading/Writing focused classes Posting reading questions, answers, and comments Journal activities (warm-up/cool-down, briefing/debriefing posts before and after lessons Sharing and getting feedback on thesis statements Practicing summary and paraphrasing skills Posting bibliography and references entries in MLA/APA format Practice using target vocabulary and/or grammatical structures Uses for students in Speaking/Listening focused classes Posting outside of class (via text messages) on interview activities Sharing/summarizing/evaluating useful podcasts or videos, with links Publishing links to their own podcast and video projects Collecting and sharing new conversational vocabulary Preparing for or following up on in-class discussions ESL Twitter class sites and student sites that include some of these activities Columbia College Chicago SIELI Program http://twitter.com/sielistudents Introduction to Literature class http://twitter.com/litclass Some student sites http://twitter.com/EMILIA_EMILIA, http://twitter.com/Kaz_Kuma, http://twitter.com/subo4233 Presented at 2010 TESOL convention in Boston by Terrie Byrne Published at http://tinyurl.com/yb8jpah on the EduTwitter Blog

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  • 1. Using Twitter as a Language Learning Tool Terrie Byrne, Senior Program Coordinator Tutorium in Intensive English University of Illinois at Chicago tbyrn2@uic.edu, http://twitter.com/tbyrne Why use Twitter in the ESL classroom? Twitter is a micro-blog (140 character entry limit) with extensive social networking features and a culture of resource sharing and attributed resource recycling ("retweeting"). It gives students free access to authentic language input and a worldwide audience for practice in their target language. Twitter 101 When someone logs onto their Twitter account, they see their own posts and posts of anyone they follow (listed under the "following" link). A visitor to a Twitter site only sees the site owner's posts. A Twitter user's posts will only be sent to users who have chosen to follow them (listed under "followers). In Twitter posts, RT indicates that the content originated from another Twitter user, @ indicates a Twitter user name and usually accompanies a reply to that user, and # (called a hashtag) precedes a topic or search term meant to help readers find posts related to the same topic or group (for example the hashtag #TESOL2010 being used for this convention). Ways students can use Twitter for Project-based/Task-based language learning Use the "reply" function to start or join conversations Search for resources and trends Find and follow subject matter experts Become a subject matter expert, and attract followers Broadcast information, reports and resources to classmates on Twitter Coordinate with team members on project specifics Uses for students in Reading/Writing focused classes Posting reading questions, answers, and comments Journal activities (warm-up/cool-down, briefing/debriefing posts before and after lessons Sharing and getting feedback on thesis statements Practicing summary and paraphrasing skills Posting bibliography and references entries in MLA/APA format Practice using target vocabulary and/or grammatical structures Uses for students in Speaking/Listening focused classes Posting outside of class (via text messages) on interview activities Sharing/summarizing/evaluating useful podcasts or videos, with links Publishing links to their own podcast and video projects Collecting and sharing new conversational vocabulary Preparing for or following up on in-class discussions ESL Twitter class sites and student sites that include some of these activities Columbia College Chicago SIELI Program http://twitter.com/sielistudents Introduction to Literature class http://twitter.com/litclass Some student sites http://twitter.com/EMILIA_EMILIA, http://twitter.com/Kaz_Kuma, http://twitter.com/subo4233 Presented at 2010 TESOL convention in Boston by Terrie Byrne Published at http://tinyurl.com/yb8jpah on the EduTwitter Blog